Debian DLA-3517-1 : pdfcrack - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 179387

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3517 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in pdfcrack 0.17 thru 0.18, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stack overflow in the MD5 function. (CVE-2020-22336)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the pdfcrack packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.16-3+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 179387

File Name: debian_DLA-3517.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2023

Updated: 8/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-22336

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pdfcrack, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-22336

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